21세기 중국 ‘정치유학’의 이념과 쟁점

Abstract

In the times of ‘The rise of China’, ‘Political Confucianism’ has raised as the new Ideal type for reinforcing the influence of Confucian values. Through persisting Political Confucianism, Chinese Neo-confucianists intend to construct the unique political model of China, beyond the scientific innovation. Jiang Qing(蔣慶), Yao Zhongqiu(姚中秋), Gan Chunsong(干春松), the representative exponents of Political Confucianism, criticize that Neo-confucianism, producted by Taiwan Neo-confucianists, do not concern the reality of China, just concentrates on the academic research, so call them ‘Mind Confucianism’, ‘the exhibit of museum’, ‘the history of philosophy’, ‘Ideal history’. Their alternative type to existing Confucianism, proposed by them, is so called ‘Political Confucianism’, ‘People’s Confucianism’, ‘Institutional Confucianism’. Their argument is connected to the idea of searching for Chinese model in the times of ‘The rise of China’. Neo-Confucianists in Chinese continent orient their Confucianism as the idea to overcome Western modernity and have difference to the Neo-Confucianism in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In January of 2015 Li Minghuei(李明輝), the successor of Neo-Confucianism in Taiwan, criticized the argument of Political Confucianism. His criticism cause the debate between the Confucianists of Chinese continent and Taiwan. Their debate revealed the difference of the view on the Neo-Confucianism and social context of both sides. Furthermore it is relevant to the view on modern Western political theories, Chinese modern history since New Culture Movement, based on pursuing Western modernity. The main point in criticizing Li Minghuei is that Li cannot understand the situation of China, insist that their Confucianism is the result of dealing with the Chinese situation. The hole process of argument and debates on Political Confucianism reveal that Chinese Confucianism have continued to develop, through searching for reinforcing its influence on Chinese reality.